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If the MathML content does not display on your e-reader, please contact the vendor through which you purchased your ebook.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIl faut du temps pour être heureux. Beaucoup de temps.  \n—ALBERT CAMUS, LA MORT HEUREUSE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nA…, pour la remercier de m’être si chère.  \n—Jules Supervielle  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nList of Illustrations xi  \nAcknowledgments xvii  \nAbbreviations xix  \nIntroduction: Wealth and Inequality in the Long Run 1  \n1  Dukes and Indigents: Inequality in the Shadow of the Old Régime, 1807–1867 25  \n2  Belle Époque Capitalism, 1852–1912 58  \n3 The Laboratory Evolves: Progressive Taxation, 1901–1972 99  \n4 The Collapse of Wealth, 1912–1947 111  \n5  Inequality When Wealth Collapses, 1912–1947 145  \n6  Recovery, 1947–1977 174  \n7  Capital and the Family: Inherited Wealth, 1822–1972 202  \n8 Wealth at the Top 235  \n9 The Myth of the Grasshopper and the Ant 262  \n10  Inequality in Space: Within Paris and Beyond 299  \n11  Inequality Beyond Wealth 323  \nConclusion: Capital and Capitals in the Long Run 347  \nAppendix 1: The Datasets 371  \nAppendix 2: The Data from Estate Tax Filings 373  \nAppendix 3: Progressive Taxation 379  \nAppendix 4: Deportation and Wealth Distribution 399  \nAppendix 5: Reported and Capitalized Inheritance 407  \nAppendix 6: The Top Wealth Holders Each Year 409  \nReferences 421  \nIndex 431  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nILLUSTRATIONS  \nFigures  \nI.1 . The quartier of residence of the top 1% richest decedents in Paris, 1807–1972  \nI.2 . The population of Paris and deaths by major age group, 1817–1977  \nI.3 . Average wealth at death of Parisians in 1912 francs, 1807– 1972  \nI.4. Wealth concentration in Paris, 1807–1972  \nI.5 . 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